I'm liking that camera perspective, you can see what he is doing with his hands. One finger on the front brake, clutch not covered at all. On a 2t....
Throttle & rear brake.
Great photos Vulfy, some commitment going on there.

Yes, I've made my decision that I would need to change calipers and master cylinder. Ebay has them pretty cheap from used bikes. I'm looking at a CBR600rr.

This weekend it was much better, at least I didn't loose pressure in the front, but by the end of the day, my lever was still pinching my fingers on the throttle.
If its just air, then I have no idea how to get rid of it, since I've tried every possible way of bleeding brakes, regular way, inverted with a syringe, mytivac, and already installed a bleeder valve at the master cylinder to vent any bubbles that might travel up there.

However I'm really happy that I'm using so much of front brake on the course. Just a month ago, I wouldn't even dream of braking so hard in a tight corner like we have, at the lean angle we have.

My initial reaction to Total Control class that I took, was a let down. However now I'm realizing that thanks to them, I'm so much more confident in front brake and trail braking in the turns.

I'm also noticing that I'm throttling up between tight corners, instead of coasting on same RPMs as I used to.

Confidence in the front brake, really gives me this ability to speed up to a corner, and brake really late into it, rather than have everything segmented like I used to before. I used to brake before the corner, and then initiate the turn, and only after the turn was completed would get on the throttle. Now it all overlaps and overlaps quite a lot. Its pretty awesome!

Confidence in the front brake, really gives me this ability to speed up to a corner, and brake really late into it, rather than have everything segmented like I used to before. I used to brake before the corner, and then initiate the turn, and only after the turn was completed would get on the throttle. Now it all overlaps and overlaps quite a lot. Its pretty awesome!

Same as me, while riding into a corner that requires a rapid reduction of speed, I use aprox 80% front brake together with a little rear, braking so hard I can feel a real, but progressive dip in the front suspension as I am banking, never snatching at the brakes, I would guess I take 2-3 seconds to get to the required brake squeeze.

I ease off the brakes to the apex, then at the same time as I counter-steer to lift the bike to the new direction, I am opening the throttle, hitting my max required throttle just before I get upright, which on the Kawa 1000 should fire me quickly towards the next cone.

The key is to do it smoothly and not upset the balance of the bike too much.

Same as me, while riding into a corner that requires a rapid reduction of speed, I use aprox 80% front brake together with a little rear, braking so hard I can feel a real, but progressive dip in the front suspension as I am banking, never snatching at the brakes, I would guess I take 2-3 seconds to get to the required brake squeeze.

I ease off the brakes to the apex, then at the same time as I counter-steer to lift the bike to the new direction, I am opening the throttle, hitting my max required throttle just before I get upright, which on the Kawa 1000 should fire me quickly towards the next cone.

The key is to do it smoothly and not upset the balance of the bike too much.

Same as me, while riding into a corner that requires a rapid reduction of speed, I use aprox 80% front brake together with a little rear, braking so hard I can feel a real, but progressive dip in the front suspension as I am banking, never snatching at the brakes, I would guess I take 2-3 seconds to get to the required brake squeeze.

I ease off the brakes to the apex, then at the same time as I counter-steer to lift the bike to the new direction, I am opening the throttle, hitting my max required throttle just before I get upright, which on the Kawa 1000 should fire me quickly towards the next cone.

The key is to do it smoothly and not upset the balance of the bike too much.

you're done with (front) braking and on the throttle again by apex, right ? assuming we can call it a real apex in a 180 degree turn etc

I'm getting a lot harder on the front than in the past, very close to lock up prior to turning, then light rear and tapering off the front as I push the bike down and it falls over, with a little bit of rear braking even after starting to get heavy into the throttle. the hardest part I'm finding is getting completely off the rear (habit) brake during the heavy acceleration sections of short stuff like gp8.